Safe-deposit receptacle.



. wi/bmemo H. BESHORE.

SAFE DEPOSIT REGEPTAGLE. APPLICATION IILEI) SEPT. 27, 1912.

1,082,790; Patented Dec. 30,1913. i

I-IIRAM BESHORE, or MARION, INIDIANA.

sArn-nnrosrr REGEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 27, 1912.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913. Serial No. 722,713.

a To all whom it may concern tains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to safety deposit boxes and more particularly to a readily portable form of deposit box designed more particularly for the use of travelers although very useful and eflicient for any person and under all circumstances.

The prime object of my invention, among others, is to provide a form of safe deposit box which will be particularly desirable for travelers upon railway trains, whereby the box when in a locked position is disposed securely in cooperation with a part of the framework of the car, as upon the usual form of panel between the windows, thus placing the box readily accessible to the person using it and also in a position where it cannot be tampered with, without the knowledge of the person occupying the berth or seat.

A further object of my invention is to provide means which Will place one of the locks of the box under the sole control of the car conductor, whereby the master lock must first be operated by him before the lock proper upon the box, per 36, can be unlocked by the owner of the box.

A further object of my invention, among others, is to provide a simple form of hinge for the lid of the box which, when disposed in a locked position, cannot be unlocked without disengaging the same from its point of engagement upon the panel between the windows or other point where located.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparent, reference being had to the following specification and the accompanying drawings which are made a partof this application, and in which,

Figure 1 shows my invention complete, as applied to use upon the panel between the windows of an ordinary Pullman or railway car. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal horizontal section of my box showing it asdisposed in its locked and anchored position with the master lock in an open position.

with the extended edges Fig. 8 is a detail view showing the compensating spring employed by me upon my anchoring means. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the special form of hinge connection which I have provided between the body of the box and the lid thereof. Fig. 5 shows another form of receptacle, whereby the lid is hinged to the end thereof and is provided with an extension to engage the panel.

For convenience of reference to the various details of my invention and cooperating accessories, numerals will be em ployed, the same numeral being applied to a corresponding part throughout the several views and, referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates the body portion of my box which may be made of any shape, size or material deemed most suitable though in practice it is thought that best results will be attained by the use of sheet steel of proper gage, shaped as desired. In the present instance, I have shown my box as substantially oblong in form, and I have provided a lid member 2 therefor, which is connected to the body portion by member comprising the section 3 attached to the body portion and having a head 4:, which is elongated to pass readily through a slot 5 in the member 6, the latter being attached in any desired way to the lid section, though it will be understood that the member 3 may be attached to the lid section and the member 6 secured to the body por tion, if preferred, the result of operation thereof being the same. To the body portion and also to the lid section I secure, respectively, the anchoring members 7 and 8, the same being attached in any desired manner, as by riveting and said anchoring members 7 and 8 are designed to engage of the panel 9, all of which are substantially of standard size as railway cars are now constructed. Obviously therefore, since the members 7 and 8 are spaced apart a proper distance, the lid section 2 cannot be placed in a closed position until the anchoring members 7 and 8 are brought into direct engagement with the extended edges of the panel 9 and it follows that when said lid is locked, my improved receptacle or safe deposit box will be reliably anchored in position.

In order to compensate for any inequality of width of the panel 9, I provide upon one of the anchoring members preferably upon a telescoping hinge the member 8, a compensating spring 10, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the oflice of which-is to take up any space between the anchoring members 7 and 8 when the latter are disposed in engagement with the panel 9.

Preferably upon the outer side of the box, I locate the securing locks, one of which is within the body portion of the receptacle and indicated by the numeral 11, while the other designated by the numeral 12 is provided with an extension 13 having a hinge connection 1 1 with the lid of the box, whereby the bolt 15 of the lock 12 may be readily snapped into engagement with the keeper 16. It will be understood that the lock 12 is placed solely under the control of the car conductor while the lock 11 is under the sole control of the owner of the box. I have also provided for the lock 11 a key retaining spring controlled member consisting of the longitudinally disposed bar 17, held in place in any preferred manner and having its inner end adapted to enter the lock 11 at such a point as to be brought into engagement with the shank of the key 18, the said bar 17 being held normally inward by the spring 19, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The bar 17 is provided with a handle or terminal 20 which protrudes through a slot in the end of the box 1 where it may be readily grasped and withdrawn out of engagement with the key, permitting the said key 18 to be freely withdrawn after the box has been locked. The office performed by the key locking bar 17 is to close the key hole opening as well as to prevent the lock 11 from being tampered with and also to prevent the key from being casually left within the key hole which would prevent the master lock 12 from being disposed in its locked position.

In Fig. 5, I have shown a modified form of lid for the box, inasmuch as the lid section in this instance as designated by the numeral 21 is provided with an extension 22 corresponding to the anchoring exten sion 8 and performs the same office, i. 0., that of engaging the edge of the panel in cooperation with the anchoring member 7 secured to the body of the box. In like manner the extension 22 is provided with a suitable compensating spring or springs 23, designed to take up any space where the panel 9 is of less than the standard width, it being understood that a suitable hinge 24 is also provided for the lid 21 whereby the contents of the box are rendered readily accessible when the lock 25 is opened.

From the foregoing construction it is obvious that the lid of the box cannot be disposed in an open position without disengaging my improved safe deposit box from its anchored position upon the panel or other support and furthermore when my safety receptacle is disposedin its anchored position, it will be impossible to-removethe same except by unlocking the two locks and opening the lid.

.My safe deposit box is especially desirable and useful for use in sleeping cars and other places where 113 18 desired to provide a safe housing for'jewelry, money and other valuables, inasmuch as the responsibility for the care of such property is divided between the owner of the box and the car conductor. That is to say, the master lock 12 is wholly under the control of the car conductor while the lock upon the receptacle properis wholly under the control of the owner of the box, as'before stated, and the owner cannot gain access to the contents of the box until after the car conductor'has unlocked the master keeper. This would therefore prevent the person owning the box from claiming that his box had been opened and the contents removed in the absence of the collusion of the car conductor.

My improved safety deposit box will not only be useful for the purpose specified but will be valuable for travelers generally in which case it would" be unnecessary to provide the master lock or the owner could have control of both keys in case the two locks were employed.

My improved safe deposit box may be very cheaply and expeditiously manufactured and sold at a moderate price, thus placing the same before the use of the public generally.

My invention will be found to be thoroughly reliable and efficient for all of the uses enumerated and many others not mentioned, and while I have described the preferred construction and combination of parts, further description is deemed unnecessary.

What I claim and desire to secure by ters-Patent is 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a body portion having a lid section, anchoring extensions carried by said body portion and lid section, and an extensible pivotal connection between said body portion and lid section; of means on one of said extensions for compensating for the variance in the width of the support.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a body portion having a lid section, anchoring extensions carried by said body portion and lid section, and an extensible pivotal connection between said body portion and lid section; of a compensating spring secured to one of said extensions and projecting therethrough for compensating for the variance in the size of the support. 7

3. In a safety deposit receptacle, a body portion having a lid' section, a hinge member secured within and projecting outwardly Letof the body portion and having a head thereon, a second hinge section carried by the lid section having a longitudinal slot slidably receiving the head of the first hinge section, and anchoring devices carried by the lid section and the body portion for securing the receptacle in position upon a support.

In testimony whereof I have signed my HIRAM BESHORE.

Witnesses:

E. L. GOLDTHWAIT, A. H. UNTHANK,

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